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[[Image:S77-2366.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 77, lot 2366]] | [[Image:S77-2366.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 77, lot 2366]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 2366 in Sincona sale 77 ( | + | This specimen was lot 2366 in Sincona sale 77 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 5,750 CHF (about US$6,980 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich. Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Gold crown of 5 Shillings 1653, London. Over 40. Mintmark sun. Selten. NGC AU55.'' (commonwealth of [[Great Britain]], 1649-60, gold crown of 1653, 1653/40 overdate, sun mintmark, London mint. Rare.)"</blockquote> By 1650, king Charles was dead and his son fled into exile but Cromwell was unable to bring unity to England. The gold coins of his rule ([[Great Britain 1653 unite Fr-269|unite]], [[Great Britain 1651 double crown Fr-270|double crown]] and crown) are all rare. This type was struck 1649-57. |
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* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995. | * Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995. | ||
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011. | * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland'', Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022. |
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* [[Great Britain 1651 double crown Fr-270|1651 double crown (ten shillings)]] | * [[Great Britain 1651 double crown Fr-270|1651 double crown (ten shillings)]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1652 crown Fr-271|1652 gold crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 shilling|1653 shilling]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 shilling|1653 shilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1653 half crown|1653 half crown, sun mintmark]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 crown|1653 silver crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 crown|1653 silver crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 double crown Fr-270|1653 double crown (ten shillings)]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 double crown Fr-270|1653 double crown (ten shillings)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:31, 10 June 2025
This specimen was lot 2366 in Sincona sale 77 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 5,750 CHF (about US$6,980 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich. Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Gold crown of 5 Shillings 1653, London. Over 40. Mintmark sun. Selten. NGC AU55. (commonwealth of Great Britain, 1649-60, gold crown of 1653, 1653/40 overdate, sun mintmark, London mint. Rare.)"
By 1650, king Charles was dead and his son fled into exile but Cromwell was unable to bring unity to England. The gold coins of his rule (unite, double crown and crown) are all rare. This type was struck 1649-57.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 2.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 393.1, Spink 3212, Bull 65, Fr-271.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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